The best band in the world, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band began their first tour since 2017 on Wednesday night (Feb 1).

There have been Broadway Shows, podcasts and talkshows, but if the opener to the group’s 2023 Tour is any indication, story time is over: The Boss is back, and he just wants to play.

Setlist

No Surrender
Ghosts
Prove It All Night
Letter to You
Promised Land
Out in the Street
Candy’s Room
Kitty’s Back
Brilliant Disguise
Nightshift
Don’t Play That Song
The E Street Shuffle
Johnny 99
Last Man Standing
House of a Thousand Guitars
Backstreets
Because the Night
She’s the One
Wrecking Ball
The Rising
Badlands

Encore:
Burning Train
Born To Run
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Glory Days
Dancing in the Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
I’ll See You in My Dreams

You can read the review at Billboard: review

Source:Billboard

Three years after leaving the union, Britain and the European Union there is a deal on the table that could help end post-Brexit wrangling over Northern Ireland.

According to Reuters the EU has accepted a plan that would avoid the need for routine checks on products going into Northern Ireland, the newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The bloc also agreed that the ECJ could rule on Northern Ireland issues only if a case was referred by courts in the province, but the ECJ’s exact role was not yet settled, it said.

Read more here: New NIP deal

Source:Reuters

The Corruption Perceptions Index is an index feom Transparency International that shows how corrupt certain countries are.

The COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and growing security threats across the globe are fuelling a new wave of uncertainty. In an already unstable world, countries failing to address their corruption problems worsen the effects. They also contribute to democratic decline and empower authoritarians.

This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reveals that 124 countries have stagnant corruption levels, while the number of countries in decline is increasing. This has the most serious consequences, as global peace is deteriorating1 and corruption is both a key cause and result of this.

In this complex environment, fighting corruption, promoting transparency and strengthening institutions are critical to avoid further conflict and sustain peace.

You can read the report here: CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2022